Lomi salmon

Lomi salmon (also known as lomi-lomi salmon) is a seafood dish that originated in Hawaii. It is typically prepared by mixing salted, diced salmon with tomatoes, crushed ice, and green onions. Usually this mixing is done by hand with a "massaging" action, which gives the dish its name (lomi is Hawaiian for "to massage").

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Seafood - Hawaii - Salt - Diced - Salmon - Tomato - Ice - Onion - Hawaiian

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Lomi salmon is typically found at modern Hawaiian luaus, and it is said to complement poi, the Polynesian staple made from taro.

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Luau - Poi - Polynesia - Taro

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Although lomi salmon is not, strictly speaking, a traditional Hawaiian dish, it is still considered an integral part of a luau. The color red in the Hawaiian religion has ritual significance, and the ancient Hawaiians offered kumu, a red-colored fish, to the gods. Because of the red color of the salmon flesh, the Journal of American Folklore speculates that lomi salmon is a substitute for kumu, which is not normally served at luaus nowadays. http://www.ripon.edu/academics/global/Tradition.html

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Fish - Gods

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